K424 of the Collapse World

"The guy who hurt Sister Shilis..."

At this moment, what Latier could not see was that in front of her, a silver-haired girl was holding a mechanical cross, pressing her down on the surface of the rock. The girl's face was expressionless, but her blue eyes, which did not show a single ripple, were filled with undisguised murderous intent. She raised one hand, and a faint golden light gathered at her fingertips, aiming at the petite figure suppressed by the cross...

——Crack…

At this moment, as the residual force of the previous heavy blow spread completely to the rock under Latil, dense cracks instantly covered the stone platform where the two people were standing. Then, the protruding rock collapsed with a loud bang, and the two people who lost their foothold fell into the water.

Startled by this accident, Kiana came back to her senses, and her confused eyes regained clarity. The next moment, she hesitated for a moment, and then activated her power to control the collapse. However, this time, her attack did not carry the murderous intent like before...

(These damn women...!)

After Latil fell into the water, she spit out a string of bubbles again due to her lack of experience in unexpected situations. Just as Latil was about to use her ability to repair her arm, her ankle was suddenly grabbed by a hand! A powerful force directly dragged her out of the water. Then, with a sudden dizziness, she realized that her body had been smashed hard on the hard ground...

Facing this confirmed enemy, Kiana grabbed the girl's ankle and mercilessly smashed her to the ground at the entrance of the ruins! Controlling the mechanical cross to unfold, she instantly pulled out the imitation spirit knife hidden in Eleudnir and pointed the tip of the knife at the girl under her feet.

"Tell me! Where is Sister Shilis? What did you do to her?"

While dizzy, before Latil had time to activate his creative ability to repair his body, he heard the slightly anxious voice of a girl.

"Let me go...asshole!"

"Answer my question, or else..."

While asking in a stern voice, Kiana raised her leg and stepped on Latil's abdomen. Looking at the fierce girl, Kiana's expression revealed a hint of anxiety, and her feet wearing metal combat boots exerted force suddenly, and the sudden increase in pressure made the girl's body bend...

"Ugh...! You bastard!"

Latil groaned, and when she felt the dizziness slightly subsided, her eyes were suddenly filled with rage. She clenched her teeth with a ferocious expression, leaned back, and raised her right foot violently, kicking the silver-haired girl's back. But in response, Kiana gently turned the blade, and Bing Tantian's blade pierced through Latil's foot! The overflowing ice energy instantly froze half of her leg...

"this......!"

The situation of being unable to fight back finally made Latil's eyes look serious. She focused her eyes and looked seriously at the enemy who suddenly rushed out. However, when she saw the face that was exactly the same as Xili's, her eyes immediately narrowed.

"Don't think about doing anything extra... Based on your answer, I will consider whether I can keep you.

One life. Now...please answer my question! Where is Silis?"

Kiana said indifferently, nailing the girl's feet to the ground with a long knife, leaning down, and grasping the girl's neck with her golden hands. In this way, as long as she wanted, the zero-distance energy release could completely burn the clone to ashes...

Seeing the familiar face of the girl up close, Kiana's expression became complicated. In fact, not only her appearance, but also the fluctuations of the other party were extremely similar to those of Shirley. If it weren't for the attack she launched at the beginning, she would definitely not be able to easily distinguish her from Shirley.

Suddenly she thought of something, and Kiana's mind couldn't help but waver.

(Her existence... should be a clone created by the Destiny Organization using Sister Shirley... and she obviously has self-awareness. So, her current attack on us is probably because her mind is being controlled by something... If that's the case...)

Thinking of this, Kiana bit her lip, and her hostility towards the girl faded a little. Since she herself had been controlled by Otto, Kiana knew very well what kind of pain she would suffer as an experimental subject without human rights...

After recovering from the impulse just now, Kiana began to be somewhat concerned about this girl who was obviously an experimental subject. Looking at the ragged little girl, her bloody arms were lying on the ground like mud, her feet had been frozen blue-black after being pierced by Bing Tantian, and there was a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth.

All of this is the harm I have caused her...

(No... No! Now is not the time to be overly loving! I don't know if Sis Shilis is okay yet, how can I have time to worry about an enemy?! And if... she really did something to Sis Shilis, no matter how many reasons there are, she will never forgive her!)

Kiana thought silently, her eyes firmed up again. But she had to admit that before confirming the safety of Shirley, she felt a little more pity for the clone girl in front of her...

But at this moment, what she didn't know was that this girl who seemed to have been completely subdued by her was also thinking rapidly. However, what she was thinking about was not the kind-hearted guess like Kiana...

(I see... K-series source body, K-0... Kiana Kaslana! This is a bit troublesome. It seems that what the bishop said is true. This special experimental subject whose strength is close to that of a Herrscher is indeed a bit difficult for me to deal with with my current strength. However...)

333 Unexpected Encounter >>

Latil's expression changed slightly as he looked at the silver-haired girl standing close to him. A sly look flashed in his narrowed eyes.

(According to known information, she and K424 value each other very much, so...)

"Shiris? Are you referring to subject K424? She is still alive, and I have not received any order to terminate her."

Latier exhaled slightly and spoke in a serious tone. She restrained her hostile gaze, and her malicious expression also returned to normal under her control. This expression of pretending to be calm was as stiff as a puppet...

"Huh... So Sister Shilis is fine..."

Hearing this, Kiana breathed a sigh of relief and removed her hand from Latil's neck. She was thankful from the bottom of her heart that the worst-case scenario she had imagined did not happen. If she had been told that Shiris had been killed, she would have killed the girl in front of her, even though she might be innocent. This kind of thing...

After completely relaxing, Kiana looked at the girl in front of her again, and her eyes caught the girl's doll-like numb and calm expression. In this miserable state of being covered in wounds, this stiff expression looked a bit pitiful to Kiana...

Sensitively noticing the pity in Kiana's eyes and sensing the silver-haired girl's kindness towards him, Latil did not repair his broken arms and frozen left leg. In the eyes of these wise "adults", sympathy, which affects judgment, is often an opportunity that can be exploited.

"Well, little girl, your answer saved your life... If anything happened to Sister Shilis, I wouldn't let you off so easily..."

As she spoke, Kiana carefully pulled the long knife out from the girl's ankle and put it into the unfolded cross. She was silent for a moment, then turned around again, looking at the girl in front of her with a complicated expression.

"Now, tell me honestly, who are you and what is your purpose?"

"My name is K424-01, a test subject created based on test subject K424. My purpose... Sorry, this is a confidential matter, and your clearance is not sufficient to obtain this information."

"Okay, so why did you attack us?"

"..."

Seeing the girl lower her head and remain silent, Kiana said no more. After a brief thought, she took a step forward and came in front of the girl.

(Hmm... This stiff expression, coupled with the usual way of speaking, seems to be a natural reaction when being controlled by the chip... But why did she show so many different expressions in the battle before...)

"Well, that's not that important... Anyway, I just defeated you, so now you are a prisoner of Anti-Entropy. So... I plan to take you away, is there anything wrong with that?"

"..."

"It's okay if you have opinions, but I won't listen anyway. As for your arm and right foot... I'm sorry, as we are enemies, I have no reason to show mercy. I hope you can understand."

As she spoke, Kiana leaned over and began to treat the girl's severely injured arms. Although the blunt force trauma was serious, the girl's blood loss was not much. With simple treatment, the injury should be stable...

(Although it’s a bit troublesome, as long as we take her back, the doctor and the others should be able to remove her control... Okay, let’s do it!)

Thanks to K424-01's deceptive appearance, even though Latil had previously exposed her powerful strength, Kiana would never have thought that this delicate girl who seemed to be seriously injured still retained more than % of her combat ability.

(How naive...)

Latil lay motionless on the ground, looking at Kiana who was treating her wounds defenselessly. The next moment, a strange smile destroyed the pitiful calmness on her face...

"Ms. Kiana, can I ask you something?"

"Hmm? What's up..."

Hearing the girl's voice out of nowhere, Kiana tilted her head in confusion and spoke absentmindedly. She lowered her head and concentrated on treating the girl's injuries, and did not hear the other party's tone was wrong...

"If I cut your body into pieces and bring them to K424, what kind of expression would she have?"

“————!”

Following the voice with a cruel smile, a huge energy wave suddenly erupted, causing Kiana's pupils to shrink. She looked up in astonishment, and what came into her eyes was the girl's intact right arm, and the slightly gleaming crystal blade in her hand...

In the girl's eyes filled with astonishment, the purple blade was reflected like a flash of light. She subconsciously tilted her body to the side, but she vaguely saw the purple afterimage of the blade and the bright red blood floating in the air...

Deep in the Nine Nether Ruins, the sealed place...

Unlike the stone walls outside, behind the gate of the ruins is a flat stone road. Various strange statues are placed on both sides of the road in a certain pattern, and crystals of unknown materials are clustered and blooming like flowers. Clear ancient Chinese characters are still spread all over the smooth stone walls around. These perfectly preserved ancient ruins are enough to drive most archaeologists in the world crazy.

But now, to some ignorant intruders, these precious relics are just useless background...

"Be careful! Bronya, a Honkai Beast has broken through the formation and is heading towards you...!"

"Don't worry, Lillian, just keep your support position... Heavy-duty Bunny 19c, multiple missile firing mode... fire!"

The strong flames instantly illuminated the surrounding buildings. Along with the air waves generated by the explosion, the surrounding Honkai beasts were accurately destroyed one after another, but countless text reliefs were also affected by the air waves of the explosion and suffered devastating damage...

"Well done! Bronya... But then again, how long do we have to hold out? There are Honkai beasts everywhere..."

At the front of the team, Asakura Miyuki took the opportunity to shout while resisting the attacks of the Honkai beasts and the dead soldiers. Their team had been besieged by Honkai beasts after entering this area not long ago, but they did not break through, but chose to fight fiercely. As for the reason...

"We don't know where these guys came from, but if we hold on a little longer, we can clear this area! In this way... when Kiana and the others catch up, the search operation can proceed as planned..."

In the middle of the team, Claire spoke loudly, her voice clearly rang out in the team channel through the terminal. Although she was only temporarily in charge of the team, no one on the scene objected to her seemingly rash order.

"That's right! We can't always leave things to them... This time, let's show our strength to Sister Shilis and the others!"

Waving a sickle and killing a prehistoric Honkai beast with one blow, Seele also said excitedly. In their team, in addition to Claire's team, who were originally Valkyries, there were Bronya and Seele who mastered unknown technology, and the pseudo-

The overall strength of the Herrscher Asakura Miyuki is no weaker than that of the elite Valkyrie team of the Destiny Organization. Therefore, it is only a matter of time before these not-so-powerful Honkai beasts are completely wiped out.

However, inside the ruins where communication was blocked, they would never know what kind of things they were waiting for, Shirley and Kiana, would encounter...

334 Another Accident

"Huh...huh..."

In a cave somewhere in the underwater ruins, along with a faint gasp, a sound of water drops and splashes came from the direction of the pool not far from the cave. It seemed that something walked out of the shallow water and slowly moved towards the direction of the cave...

puff...

The footsteps were barely audible, and the metal boots covered with water droplets stepped staggeringly on the ground of the rock cave. The strong special material on the soles of the boots made contact with the stone slabs, making almost no sound. If one deliberately slowed down the pace, one could basically eliminate any sound that could be captured by the human ear.

However, this was not necessary for the current situation. Long before arriving at the pond, the girl had used the biochip and the terminal to detect life reactions within a radius of one kilometer in this area, and did not find any living creatures.

The detector's results did not guarantee that there was absolutely no danger ahead, and there was a possibility that something was hiding its presence. But if that was the case, it would be meaningless to hide one's voice in the face of a peeper hiding in the dark...

"Huha... that Houkai energy has completely disappeared. Well... it seems that I have finally gotten rid of that troublesome guy... This place should be somewhere in the ruins. It seems that I am lucky enough to have found another hidden passage..."

Shirley muttered to herself, removing the photon eyepiece covering her eyes, and using her own eyes, which had fully adapted to the darkness, to observe the surrounding terrain. After a brief observation, she dragged the huge metal lance with her left hand and walked forward with a shaky figure.

Her rapid and weak panting sounded a little strange, but there was nothing she could do about it. Although she could use Honkai energy to convert into body energy at will to relieve muscle fatigue, the Honkai energy in the girl's body was no longer as nearly unlimited as it once was. In order to save energy, she would rather use breathing to relieve her body's fatigue. Although this panting sounded painful, it was not a problem for Shilis, whose whole body was informatized with pain.

The black exoskeleton armor covering her entire body was basically intact, but there were a few tiny cracks on the armor on her right arm that had been used in a fistfight with Latil not long ago.

"It took quite a while... But it doesn't matter. Holding back this dangerous enemy is a good result for me. Kiana and the others have already set off. With their strength, they will definitely be able to win even if they encounter Ji Xuanyuan's body that has been corroded by Honkai... It's just that I can't fulfill my promise in person, which makes me a little uncomfortable..."

Suddenly, Shirley stumbled and quickly raised her right hand to support herself on the stone wall beside her. However, when she felt the strong pain signal again, a trace of helplessness appeared on her face.

"Hmm... I think I overestimated my physical condition. This state is a bit dangerous. I should rest for a while..."

She muttered to herself, dropped the lance in her left hand, and sat down against the rock wall. Looking at her right hand wearing the Star Ring Vortex Armor, she sighed slightly, and after performing a few operations on the joint of the elbow armor with the terminal, she took off the arm armor covering the elbow joint, revealing her bloody forearm that had turned purple under her damaged combat uniform...

The barrier was destroyed with one punch, and one of Latil's arms was crippled, but she herself was not unscathed. The muscles in her right arm were torn on a large scale, and the finger bones were completely shattered. This was the price she paid.

"Is this like hurting the enemy but hurting myself? No, I am the one who is at a disadvantage. She also has the power of creation, and can easily repair such injuries. I don't have that much surplus right now..."

The Sixth Herrscher's creative power was activated, and a soft white light instantly surrounded the girl's arm. When the light faded, her arm returned to the perfect state of the current genetic blueprint, and once again restored its scarred appearance.

After casually inserting a syringe filled with liquid Honkai energy into her neck, Shiris moved her right hand, put on the arm armor she had just removed, and stood up without any intention of resting for a while.

"Although this level of repair doesn't consume much energy, if it takes one punch to repair it, who can withstand it... As expected, it's best to avoid direct combat against an opponent of that level..."

She held the lance again with her repaired right hand, and with the added strength of the mechanical exoskeleton, she easily lifted the lance up, no longer having to drag the lance like she did just now...

"Tsk! Communication with the outside world is completely broken. Now we can't even use the quantum network...

..Fortunately, I put that thing into the temporary storage space in advance. Otherwise, if I meet that guy again, it will be a bit troublesome... "

Walking in the dark cave, after confirming that the communicator had no signal, Shilis simply turned off the communication function of her terminal, leaving only the most basic information processing function. Even if she couldn't get in touch with the outside world, as long as the distance was enough, she could still directly connect to the combat team's communication channel.

(By the way, that clone with a brain problem should be sent by Otto to deal with me, right? However, I am a little concerned about her strange hatred towards me... This should be the first time I met her, so she can't be my previous enemy. Then the only explanation is that she is being controlled... But why do I always feel that something is wrong?)

Shirley thought silently as she continued to move forward along the passage. Although there were many forks in this cave, which was neither wide nor narrow, Shirley could basically determine the specific direction of the center of the ruins with the faint energy she sensed, and moved forward accurately towards that direction...

"Um......?!"

Suddenly, the girl's pupils shrank and she stopped in her tracks. Even though her former powers were gone, she still retained many of her former special abilities. The fleeting feeling of being watched could not escape her instinctive perception...

The next moment, Shirley deliberately slammed her boots hard on the ground. The heavy impact sound immediately echoed in the empty cave, pulling out an echo that did not subside for a long time.

The chaotic sound waves entered the girl's ears. With the help of the analysis and screening of the brain biochip, her eyes instantly locked on a rock wall in front of her, and then she tightened her grip on the lance in her hand...

......boom!!

Without any warning, the girl rushed forward with the huge lance in her hand! With the blue arc and strong light bursting from the tip of the lance, the entire lance was covered with dazzling arcs. The girl raised the lance wrapped in electricity and stabbed the rock! In an instant, the fragile stone wall was broken by the burst of energy, and gravel and rubble mixed with smoke and dust poured out. At the same time, a figure hidden behind the stone wall finally couldn't stay calm anymore...

--Ding!

As the strong vibrations from the lance handle reached her palm, the girl's lance was blocked by something, and then it twisted uncontrollably to the other side of the attack point. The lance tip pierced another rock wall next to it and penetrated deeply...

The moment the girl's attack failed, the pitch-black sharp blade came quietly and slashed towards Shirley's waist silently like a shadow. However, before that, the girl turned her body to the side and barely dodged the fierce blow. She swung the lance in her hand again, and the lance directly tore through the rock wall that had just been penetrated, wrapped in layers of wind pressure, and slashed towards the tall black shadow in front!

"Do you think you hid it perfectly... rat of destiny?"

334 Another Accident >>

As the girl whispered calmly, the side edge of the lance directly hit the black blade that the figure was blocking! In the harsh sound of metal collision, Shilis clearly felt that the figure who took her heavy blow was obviously shaken for a moment...

(You use a short sword as your weapon, but your strength is inferior to mine... so!)

Shirley's eyes focused, and she grabbed the gun handle with both hands, activated the power enhancement of the exoskeleton, took a step sideways, and used the force of the rotation to swing out with all her current strength!

This time, the giant soldier that the girl swung out with all her might encountered no resistance. It tore through the air in front of it with a dangerous sound of breaking wind and smashed directly into the rock wall beside it...

Facing the girl's dangerous but flawed attack, the black shadow flexibly bent down to avoid the sweep of the lance, and took advantage of the flaw left by the girl's empty attack to attack again, instantly approaching the girl who had no time to defend herself, and swung the black double blades in his hands!

However, facing the crisis, the corners of Shilis' mouth slightly raised up, and there was no panic in her eyes. Because the other party's actions just now were completely within her expectations...

The next moment, as the lance surface suddenly glowed, the six pieces of metal that made up the lance body split apart and fell directly off the lance handle, revealing the blade hidden in the lance body...